The Goa Police should have been a very disciplined lot entrusted with maintaining law and order. In recent times however they have been caught in a long series of horrific crimes. We have seen policemen charged with almost every crime under the sun. From rape to murder, from theft to forgery and from fake notes to complicity with criminals. These black sheep have brought utter shame and put the entire police force to disgrace and disrepute.
The authorities need to do a post mortem into this very sordid and scary state of affairs. It is no secret that over the last few years in particular, recruits to the police force have secured their jobs either by bribing or through political patronage. Their later promotions and plumb postings are also politically manipulated. This explains why we today have an extremely undisciplined police force that to a large extent has become lawless. The recent police advisory that people traveling out of Goa during the Ganesh Chathurti holidays should lock their premises properly and intimate the police may not have many takers. Given the distinction of criminality that the men in Khaki have in recent months attained, the Ganesh festival advisory issued to the public is just amusing. It is surprising that the public have not been told to also leave the keys to their homes at the nearest police station. Thankfully the public have not been advised to leave their valuables including gold in the custody of the police. We are not sure whether those ants at the police stations are known to attack only charas, ganja and cocaine. Can the police today be trusted with even an empty premises? With the conduct of the Goa Police that we have been witnessing with despair in recent months it will take them a marathon to get the people of Goa to trust the credibility of a force that stands badly dented, damaged and defaced. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
